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Manasterly Palace

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The palace, consisting of a main rectangular hall which opens to the outside through a door preceded by a marble case. A second hall is located to the west of the main hall. Adjacent to this hall lie two rectangular rooms with attached bathrooms. A terrace overlooking the Nile surrounds the building
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The palace is famous for its beautiful decorative style and wooden architecture design. Its walls and ceilings are garnished with plaster and colored greenery ornaments and bird figures. The floors of the two main halls are covered with marble and parquet. The influence of the
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The one story palace was built in 1851 by Hassan Fouad Pasha al-Manasterly, then Governor of Cairo. Only the public halls (
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The palace houses the International Music Centre, which holds musical events over the year.
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is quite notable as well as a Pharonic impact at the external entry-front of the palace.
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palace and grounds in the south western corner on the southern end of
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from the west and intersects in the end with another terrace.
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Ottoman Baroque
Rawda Island
Nile
Cairo
Egypt
nilometer
selamlik
harem





Architecture of the palace
Official website of the palace
30°00′25″N 31°13′29″E / 30.0070°N 31.2247°E / 30.0070; 31.2247
Categories
Palaces in Cairo
Houses completed in 1851
Arab art scene
Ottoman architecture in Egypt
Baroque architecture in the Ottoman Empire
19th-century architecture in Egypt

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